Stakes success for son of He’s Watching

The New South Wales based stallion He’s Watching sired winners in four different countries in the past fortnight!

Heading the vanguard was the brilliant three-year-old colt Tattoo Artist, who led from end to end in 1:49.4 in an $84,506 division of the Simcoe Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (September 5).

Runner-up in the $1 million North America Cup, Tattoo Artist boasts a lifetime scorecard of 11 wins from 17 starts for $694,478 in stakes.

Retour Au Jeu, another from He’s Watching first Canadian crop, captured a division of the Breeders Trophy Series in a career-best 1:54.4 at Hippodrome Trois -Rivieres, Quebec on Sunday (September 6).

Other recent North American winners sired by He’s Watching included the three-year-olds Wyoming Wind, a winner in 1:56.2 at Pocono Downs, Pennsylvania, Illbewatchingu (1:57, Grand River Raceway) and Lady To Watch (Hanover Raceway).

On the home front, Experia, He’s Watching led in two ‘new’ two-year-old winners in He’s Dan, a winner in 1:59.1 at Kilmore with a final half in 56.1 and quarter in 27, and Ulaanbaatar (1:59.7, Bathurst), while Experia, a New Zealand-bred three-year-old by He’s Watching won for the second time at Menangle, rating 1:57.1 over 2300 metres with the closing 800 in 56.7.

To complete a big fortnight, Im Watching You, a four-year-old gelding, came from third last on the home turn to snatch a thrilling last-stride win at Invercargill.

He’s Watching can boast the enviable record of having sired 18 individual winners from 57 foals in his first Australian crop – a 32 percent strike rate.

A dual world champion and million dollar winner, He’s Watching is now standing at the Tipperary Equine stud, Young (NSW), of Luke Primmer.